[Carl Filoreto]

That’s excellent, thanks for the advice. I haven’t been working with XDCam material that much so with a project of this size I wanted to have some clarity before jumping off the dock.

And regarding Shane’s previous post, no I didn’t realize HDCam was actually 3-1-1.

And sorry about that weird pic of a lens on duvateen as my profile pic, I think my kids are hacking me.

Carl Filoreto
Golden, CO.
Elk Run Productions, Inc.
http://www.elkruntv.com

[Carl Filoreto]

Thanks Shane. And you didn’t run into any heavy render times when moving the XDCam files into pro res?

Carl Filoreto
Golden, CO.
Elk Run Productions, Inc.
http://www.elkruntv.com

[Carl Filoreto]

I’d like to thank everyone for their advice. I had several extremely intensive shoots the last two days and didn’t have sufficient time to respond.

I chose to acquire natively in beta SP, and when I input the tape I’ll either edit on a pro res or uncompressed timeline. I’m a bit lacking in beta infrastructure, but I’ll beg, borrow and steal my way through. I admit to having a strong distaste for investing in what’s basically an obsolete format.

Onward!

Carl

Carl Filoreto
Golden, CO.
http://www.elkruntv.com

[Carl Filoreto]

Hi Rafael,
The only problem with recording to 720p is that the F900 only does 1080i. So my only real choice is to go 1080i/59.94. That way I can get the EX-3 and F900 on the same page. Thanks for all the input!

Carl

Carl Filoreto
Golden, CO.
http://www.elkruntv.com

[Carl Filoreto]

Hi Rafael,
Thanks. I guess my lack of working with analog outputs and doing 16:9 to 4:3 conversions causes me to be conservative and take the path of least resistance. So I should take the F900/EX-3 camera mating, work in Pro Res, then export as beta SP in 4:3. Fair enough!

Carl

Carl Filoreto
Golden, CO.
http://www.elkruntv.com